To express the love of two lovers by the marriage of two complementary colours, their blending and their contrast, the mysterious vibrations of related tones. To express the thought of a brow by the radiance of a light tone against a dark background. To express hope by some star. Someone's passion by the radiance of the setting sun. That's certainly no realistic trompe l'oeil, but something that really exists, isn't it?

I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and that it will come to me more and more, that painting is in the very marrow of my bones.

The painter of the future will be a colorist unlike anything yet.

What color is in a picture, enthusiasm is in life.

There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

Yellow is capable of charming God.

One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.

However, the painter of the future will be a colorist, such as has never yet existed. Manet was working towards it, but as you know the Impressionists have already got a stronger color than Manet. This painter of the future- I can't imagine him doing

Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make an arbitrary use of color to express myself more forcefully.